Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The rule, originally set to take effect in 2019, has been pushed back twice, with the first key date set for March  17, 2023, when all service providers must have adopted policies consistent with the final  rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - (The state ’s fiscal year runs from July 1 st to June 30 th , so these deferrals usually involve pushing payments from June into July.) Deferrals can provide significant budgetary savings immediately, helping the state balance the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - The rule, originally set to take effect in 2019, has been pushed back twice and now is set to take effect on March  17,  2023. California ’s service providers must be in compliance with the final HCBS rule for the state to draw down Medicaid funding for HCBS  services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2020-21 Budget: Re-Envisioning Medi-Cal—The CalAIM Proposal

Feb 28, 2020 - What would be the major drawbacks of pushing back various proposed CalAIM deadlines? Which deadlines would be easier to push back relative to others? How would managed care plans develop the expertise necessary to deliver new, often nonmedical, services?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4185